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"Graveyard", performed by Furnace Mountain (www.furnacemountain.com) at the Institute of Musical Traditions (www.imtfolk.org), Rockville, Maryland, USA on November 5, 2012.

Furnace Mountain is Aimee Curl on bass and vocals, Danny Knicely on mandolin and fiddle, Dave Van Deventer on fiddle, and Morgan Morrison on bouzouki, guitar and vocals. Members of the band have been playing together since 1995, and grew up in the same area of Virginia on or near the mountain bearing the same name. Furnace Mountain is celebrating the release of their fifth CD, The Road to Berryville.

The band has graced stages near and far, from the Yangtzee River in China to the banks of the Shenandoah River where they are the host band of the world famous Watermelon Park Festival each year.

The music of Furnace Mountain is at times lively and raucous, with spirited fiddle melodies weaving in and around the powerful rhythms of the bass and bouzouki. It is at other times poignant and poetic, with sublime vocal harmonies beautifully interpreting some of the oldest songs ever written. Furnace Mountain plays music from the American Appalachian traditions, as well as original compositions, and songs penned by their favorite song writing friends.

Sound: Art Isaacs, Dave Eisner, Dave Richardson

Camera: Laura Christoplos, Dick Tufts, Jim Ralph, Ralph Lillie

Editing: Ralph Lillie

© 2012, Institute of Musical Traditions